Maurice Strong Quotes

Maurice Strong — Canadian Businessman born on April 29, 1929,

Maurice Frederick Strong, PC, CC, OM, FRSC, FRS, FRAIC was a Canadian oil and mineral businessman and a diplomat who served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations... (wikipedia)

We need what I have often called an ecological approach to the management of these resources and we do not have that now. We have the inertia of past habits, unsustainable habits.

I am retired from all my official roles, but I am still very active. I have close relationships at the U.N. I don't have any role at the U.N, but I'm still quite cooperative with a number of U.N. activities, in particular to China and that region.

We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed a fragile planet called Earth.

Nevertheless, the concept of sustainable development is now known - even amongst those who haven't accepted it - and it's recognized, debated and followed by an increasing number of businesses.

We may get to the point where the only way of saving the world will be for industrial civilization to collapse.

Maurice Strong Quotes

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